in one of the studies, they compared 50 grams glucose to 50 grams starch. Fatty acids were supressed identically up to the 3 hour mark but after that, while blood FA levels returned to bsaeline in the starch group, they rebuonded do double fasting levels in the glucose group.

In a related study they gave 50 grams of glucose either all at once or sipped (to mimick a lot GI meal). In the 50 grams all at once, insulin spiked, blunting fatty acid levels. But FA level rebouned to above fasting levels in the glucose group whereas they stayed supressed in the low GI group.

OF course, this has to be weighed against other stuff such as hunger (e.g. crashing blood glucose can stimualte hunger) and counterregulatory hormonal responses.

No, that's not what I meant Although I can see why one would think so from rereading my post.

Basically, what I meant was this: eating all day long WOULD shut down lypolysis if that means you're in a net surplus for the day.

But if one were to eat all day long while still in a deficit, then the size of the meals would have to be tiny, and thus insulin levels would return to baseline that much sooner, and lypolysis would once again return to "normal".

Essentially, there's no need to worry about it. At an equal caloric intake (deficit):

A) bigger meals spaced far apart = fat loss

B) smaller meals more frequently = fat loss

it's only when you eat bigger meals more frequently that you run into problems

No, that's not what I meant Although I can see why one would think so from rereading my post.

Basically, what I meant was this: eating all day long WOULD shut down lypolysis if that means you're in a net surplus for the day.

But if one were to eat all day long while still in a deficit, then the size of the meals would have to be tiny, and thus insulin levels would return to baseline that much sooner, and lypolysis would once again return to "normal".

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Essentially, there's no need to worry about it. At an equal caloric intake (deficit):

A) bigger meals spaced far apart = fat loss

B) smaller meals more frequently = fat loss

it's only when you eat bigger meals more frequently that you run into problems

in one of the studies, they compared 50 grams glucose to 50 grams starch. Fatty acids were supressed identically up to the 3 hour mark but after that, while blood FA levels returned to bsaeline in the starch group, they rebuonded do double fasting levels in the glucose group.

In a related study they gave 50 grams of glucose either all at once or sipped (to mimick a lot GI meal). In the 50 grams all at once, insulin spiked, blunting fatty acid levels. But FA level rebouned to above fasting levels in the glucose group whereas they stayed supressed in the low GI group.

OF course, this has to be weighed against other stuff such as hunger (e.g. crashing blood glucose can stimualte hunger) and counterregulatory hormonal responses.

But it is contradictory to what most people think should happen.

Do you think you could you screw up the alpha inhibition in the stubborn fat solution by having 90g/day, but all in the space of 5 hours?